Chapter 144: Linjiang's Wrath (Second Update)
Shi Zheng, Xu Shijie, Su Dongshan and others reported to Nie Zheng the results of the search for the remnants of Dayue, and then they retreated one after another.
Before they left, Nie Zheng specially instructed them to leave a few hundred men and horses to maintain law and order in the city in the past few days, and the rest of the men and horses were all camped outside the city gates to assist in the defense.
After all, in Linjiang County, thousands of people will pour in at once, and it will inevitably be a little tight.
Besides, so many men and horses, swaying around the city with cold and shining blades all day long, I am afraid that they will frighten those ordinary people, and it will be difficult to appease them when the time comes.
As for the hundreds of remnants of the Dayue soldiers who were captured, Nie Zheng had already given an order to Shi Zheng and the others, and after an hour, after all the people in the city had opened their doors to travel, they would all tie up the captured Dayue people and escort them to the streets of the city to show the public.
For Nie Zheng's order, everyone responded with a bang.
After Shi Zheng and the others were ordered to leave, Nie Zheng suddenly found himself idle.
Now, Linjiang County has been successfully occupied, and the remnants of the soldiers hiding in the city have all been searched and arrested.
Next, it should be him Nie Zheng Nie Alliance Master, and make a show in front of the hundreds of people in Linjiang County......
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After occupying Linjiang County, the busiest person was none other than Jia Xiufang.
Since Jia Xiufang received Nie Zheng's order last night, he asked him to pacify all the ordinary people in Linjiang County as soon as possible, and he must put Linjiang County on the right track and restore its original state in the shortest possible time.
Since last night and this morning, Jia Xiufang has been very busy.
First of all, he ordered people to write dozens of notices overnight, and before dawn, he posted all these notices on the bulletin boards on all the streets and alleys in the county.
The content of the notice is nothing more than the abolition of all the laws and regulations of the Dayue people in the past and the excesses of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and then he said that his team is a dragon and tiger righteous teacher, who specially crossed the river to drive away the Dayue foreign invaders, restored the land and freedom of the Han people, so that the people in Linjiang County do not have to panic and panic, etc......
At the same time, in the following time, Jia Xiufang issued many new decrees and other government notices.
As soon as the sky dawned, as more and more people in Linjiang saw the new policy notice in the notice board, they were secretly relieved.
However, among these new decrees promulgated by Jia Xiufang, the most joyful thing for the people of Linjiang was the abolition of the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes set by the Dayue people in the past.
You must know that in the past, when the Dayue people were in charge of Linjiang County, the labor taxes of the people were several times that under the jurisdiction of the imperial court in previous years.
More than 20 years ago, before Annan County was occupied by the Dayue people, the grain tax levied by the imperial court on the local people was half of the mu of land. poll tax; Minors between the ages of 3 and 14, both male and female, are required to pay an annual tax of 20 cents. Adults between the ages of 15 and 56, both men and women, are required to pay a tax of 120 yuan a year.
These are the most basic agricultural taxes, and there are some miscellaneous salt taxes, tea taxes, household taxes, commercial taxes, and so on......
After these taxes were removed, each household had to send a man to serve the court every year for 90 days, all of which were unpaid volunteers.
Originally, the labor tax like the Great Song Dynasty was already very heavy, but when the Dayue King Sangkang invaded and occupied Annan, the labor tax imposed on the Han by their group of Dayue people became even heavier, almost doubling.
Under the rule of the brutal Dayue indigenous nobles, the local Han people, for more than 20 years, life has been really miserable and dark.
In particular, the grain tax and the mouth tax directly caused many local Han people to have insufficient food and clothing, and to dig grass to survive.
Now after Nie Zheng's team occupied Linjiang County, the first decree promulgated was to exempt the former Dayue people from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which aroused the cheers and support of all the ordinary people in Linjiang County.
In Linjiang County, as more and more people saw the new decree, they were ecstatic and rushed all over the city to tell each other.
Originally, the people in Linjiang City were still full of suspicion and defensiveness about Nie Zheng's team, but a series of new decrees after Jia Xiufang took office completely won the trust of the masses.
In addition, Nie Zheng's team was all Han Chinese, and after entering the city, he was strictly disciplined, never harassed the common people, and did not take a stitch from the people for free, so all the people in the city were completely relieved of Nie Zheng's team.
At about nine o'clock in the morning, in Linjiang City, all the people gathered in twos and threes, whispering and discussing the arrival of Nie Zheng's team.
Suddenly, the cowhide drum placed at the gate of the county government suddenly sounded a sharp percussion sound.
Boom! Boom! Knock knock knock!!
As soon as the drum sounds, something big will happen.
After hearing the earth-shattering drums, all of a sudden, all the people in the city flocked to the gate of the county government, wanting to see what kind of excitement there would be.
In an instant, outside the county office, inside the wide venue, it was bustling with people.
Hundreds of Linjiang people will be congested in the vicinity of the county yamen.
At this time, two hundred fierce dragon and tiger elites, armed with whistle sticks, laid a cordon at the gate of the county office.
Outside the cordon, there are countless ordinary people, crowded outside to watch, these Linjiang people, they are curious to look inside the cordon, want to see what will happen.
At this time, the two vermilion gates of the county government slowly opened.
I saw a handsome and thin young man, surrounded by dozens of big men, slowly walked outside the gate of the county office.
After coming to the gate of the county office, the black-robed young man stopped, and suddenly, dozens of big men who followed closely behind retreated to the left and right sides of the young man with respectful expressions, bowing their heads and waiting.
Seeing this scene, all the people in Linjiang at the scene instantly understood what was going on.
Obviously, this young man in a black robe must be the commander of this attack on Linjiang County, because the people who guarded him were all fierce and unruly.
Especially among the dozens of people, several of them are the leaders of the four major city defenses, this morning, there are many people in Linjiang City, who have seen these big men standing behind the young man in black robes, they are inside and outside the city gate, loudly commanding the team to deploy the city defense.
Thinking of this, all the people at the scene were secretly surprised.
I really didn't expect that the coach of this Dragon and Tiger Volunteer Division was actually such a young student.
However, the commander of this dragon and tiger righteous division, although he seems to be young, his expression is unusually cold, especially his eyes, between Gu Pan, the essence is flickering, faintly revealing the majesty of holding heavy troops.
Everyone on the scene, whether it was the Linjiang people who came to join in the fun, or the elite people in the Dragon and Tiger Righteous Division, as long as they were swept by the eyes of the black-robed young man, they couldn't help but lower their heads, and they didn't dare to look at him at all.
Nie Zheng put his hands behind his back, stood outside the yamen with a cold expression, looking at more and more Linjiang people crowded here, at the moment, he took a deep breath, and said loudly with a calm face: "Fellow fathers and villagers of Linjiang County, I am Nie Zheng, the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Righteous Division, this time I crossed to the south, just to expel those Dayue foreign invaders, restore my Han people's county land, and rescue you from the oppression of foreign foreign invaders." From now on, I hope that all the fathers and villagers in Linjiang County can work together with our dragon and tiger volunteers, the army and the people, to expel foreign criminals, and work together for the prosperity of Linjiang County......"
After that, Nie Zheng ignored the fierce reactions of the people at the scene, and coldly ordered Shi Zheng and the others who were standing aside: "Escort those Dayue Waikou out!" ”
"Yes, Alliance Leader!" Shi Zheng and the others looked stunned and immediately conveyed the order.
A moment later, under the gaze of hundreds of people, more than 300 remnants of Dayue, escorted by 500 dragon and tiger elites, slowly walked out of the alley on the right side of the county office.
I saw that these remnants of Dayue, all of whom were wearing bracelets and anklets, came to the field in front of the yamen with a panicked expression.
When these Dayue people just appeared, all of a sudden, the atmosphere of the scene was surging in an instant.
Almost at the same time, the ordinary people crowded outside the cordon all stared at those Da Yue soldiers with anger, and the anger burning in countless pairs of eyes almost wanted to burn these hateful Da Yue soldiers to ashes.
Thinking of these Dayue soldiers, all kinds of evil, arrogant and brutal deeds in the city in the past, the emotions of the people on the scene almost got out of control.
For a while, outside the cordon, there were angry roars, angry scolding, and crying and complaining...... It struck like a tsunami.
If it weren't for the two hundred sturdy dragon and tiger elites who struggled to stop them, it is estimated that the surging crowd of people who were crowded outside the cordon would rush in in an instant, trampling these Dayue soldiers who had lost their conscience into pulp.
In the face of the roar of hundreds of people outside the cordon, the hundreds of Dayue soldiers standing inside suddenly lost their arrogant and ferocious arrogance, and at this moment, all of them were pale with fright, and they all stood on the spot trembling all over, not daring to look up at all.
Seeing this scene, Nie Zheng glanced at those Dayue people coldly, and said lightly: "Take them down to the city, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, they will all be dragged to the outside of the northern city and beheaded!" ”
"Yes, Alliance Leader!"
After hearing the order, Shi Zheng immediately surrendered, and then, he saw him walking up to those Dayue people murderously, and said with a cruel smile: "Brothers, drag all these Dayue beasts who should be killed out to parade the streets, so that the fathers and villagers of Linjiang County can relieve their hatred ......."
(To be continued.) )